1. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT Shasta Trinity Schools Insurance Group
FOR SCHOOLS
D E P A R T M E N T OF P E S T I C I D E R E G U L A T I O N
S C H O O L I P M P R O G R A M
Shasta Trinity Schools Insurance Group

2. Training Requirements
OUTLINE
Healthy Schools Act
What is IPM?
What is a Pesticide?
HSA Requirements
Training Requirements
Options for Training

3. The Healthy Schools Act: Timeline
2001: AB 2260
Right-to-know law, K-12 public schools, public child care centers
2006: AB 405
Prohibited certain pesticides at schools
2007: AB 2865
Added PRIVATE CHILD CARE CENTERS (except
family day care homes)
2015: SB 1405
NEW • IPM plan, required IPM training,
schools report pesticide use

4. WHAT IS IPM? Pest management strategy Long-term prevention of pests
Least hazardous pesticide used only as needed
Long-term prevention of pests
Combination of techniques
Health and environment approach

5. Why is IPM at Schools so Important?
Physiology
Bodies/brains still developing
Eat, breathe, & drink more per lb
Thinner skin
Behavior
Where and how they learn and play
Don’t recognize hazards
Curious, and cannot/will not read labels

6. Found at a School in Shasta County

7. Any substance intended to control, destroy, repel, or attract a pest
What is a Pesticide?
Any substance intended to control, destroy, repel, or attract a pest
Insects
Bacteria
Weeds
Rodents
Fungus

8. What is a SCHOOL SITE? K-12 public school or public or
private child care center including…
buildings
playgrounds
fields
vehicles
or other locations used
for school purposes

9. HSA Requirements for…
Schools

10. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
also known as the IPM Coordinator

11. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
Provide annual written notification
All pesticides expected to be used

12. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
Provide annual written notification
Establish an individual notification
registry
Provide notice 72 hrs. before all pesticide applications

13. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
Provide annual written notification
Establish an individual notification
registry
Post warning signs
Posted at the area of application
24 hours before / 72 hours after
MUST be visible to all entering the area

14. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
Provide annual written notification
Establish an individual notification
registry
Post warning signs
Keep records
4 years
Warning sign info + amount of pesticide used

15. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
Provide annual written notification
Establish an individual notification
registry
Post warning signs
Keep records
Don’t use prohibited pesticides

16. HSA Requirements for Schools
Identify a “school designee”
Provide annual written notification*
Establish an individual notification
registry*
Post warning signs*
Keep records*
Don’t use prohibited pesticides*
*Includes pesticide applications made by
pest control contractor

17. HSA Requirements for Schools
Starting January 1, 2015
Develop IPM plan and post on
school district website
Submit pesticide use reports to DPR (first due by Jan. 30, 2016)
Starting
July 1,
2016
Receive annual training in IPM & safe pesticide use around children

18. HSA Training Requirements for Schools
Food and Agricultural Code
(a) Commencing July 1, 2016 any person, including, but not necessarily limited to, a schoolsite or district employee, who in the course of his or her work, intends to apply a pesticides at a schoolsite subject to this article, shall annually complete a training course provided by the department or an agent authorized by the department.

19. HSA Training Must cover: Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Be a minimum of one hour long
Have a final exam of at least ten questions
Each attendee must receive a certificate

20. HSA Training Required Subjects
1 of 3
Special considerations for using pesticides around children
Possible consequences of pesticide exposure to children
Children’s vulnerability to the effects of pesticide use
Pesticide storage
Safe pesticide use

21. HSA Training Required Subjects
2 of 3
The Healthy Schools Act requirements
Requirements for licensed Pest Management Professionals
Requirements for schools and child care centers (Designee, notification, IPM plan, posting, recordkeeping, reporting)
Requirements for schoolsite employees
Annual training

22. HSA Training Required Subjects
3 of 3
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Components of an IPM program
Real-world maintenance practices
Why you should use IPM at schools and child care centers
Common schoolsite pest problems
IPM strategies for specific pests (such as ants, bees/wasps, cockroaches, gophers, mice/rats, spiders, and weeds)

23. We are too busy… so what? (Food and Agricultural code, section 12996)
Any violation of any provision relating to pesticides may result in a misdemeanor with punishments by fine of not less than $500, up to $50,000 and imprisonment of up to one year in state prison or a combination of both fine and imprisonment.

24. IPM TOOL BELT Biological control Cultural Physical Chemical
 The use of natural enemies
Cultural
 Methods that reduce pest establishment, reproduction, or survival
Physical
 Methods that kill or trap a pest directly
Chemical
 Reduced-risk pesticides only when needed

25. HSA: Exempt Pesticides
Gels/Pastes used as crack and crevice treatments
 Out-of-the-way places
 Reduced-exposure risk
Self-contained baits
 Only pest has access to bait
Exempt from federal
registration
 Botanical, food-grade ingredients
 Reduced-toxicity risk
Antimicrobials
 Sanitizers and
disinfectants
 Health and safety

26. HSA: Exempt Pesticides

27. Microfiber Cloths Use instead of pesticides No training required
Can be re-used
*Asthma Prevention Program

28. Training Options for your District
Online
CDPR website
Keenan Safe Schools
Order a DVD from CDPR and do it yourself
Build your own training
Use mine

29. Ordering a Free Training DVD
For multiple people in a group setting.
Included in the kit:
DVD version of the online course and master copies of materials
Sign-in sheet
Final quiz
Certificates of completion
Other relevant resources
-Only one kit request per district
-Return sign-in sheets and completed quizzes by mail to DPR
-Keep Certificates of Completion on file at the district office
To request a Basic training kit, please
Send your name, title, district name, and mailing address.

31. Additional Training Requirements for Applicators
Using Pesticides Safely
Emergencies and Health
Information for Employees

32. MSDS/SDS available to all employees
Information for Employees
Laws and Regulations
Employer is REQUIRED to train you
Must have access to a written training program
HAZCOM/GHS plan available
MSDS/SDS available to all employees

33. Contact the School IPM Program Email: school-ipm@cdpr.gov
with questions: